Kevin McCarthy's body snatched

[Athyrio]

I remember the movie well. Of course, I was too young to associate it with a commie menace. It was just a good, scary film to frighten an 8 year old into being afraid to fall asleep. I never took an adult view of it.

RIP. 96 years. That's a life.

 

[alfaniner]

(I'd suggest having this thread moved to Movies/TV)

One of the scariest things I ever heard was that town alarm blast horn while the inhabitants are chasing the couple up that long flight of steps.

 

[dudalb]

Yeah, the Don Siegal 58 film remains the best version..the 1978 version is also very good, but, as Phil Kauffman has pointed out, it can be regarded as a sequel to the Siegal film.
The other versions since are best forgotten,as is the film of Heinlein's "The Puppet Masters" a novel that has many simlarities to Body Snatchers and was actually published before.

 

[Cainkane1]

Heck he was acting after age 90. I have to hand it to him.

 

[Crossbow]

Is anyone else familiar with the movie Mirage?

While McCarthy only had a supporting role in this film, his role was quite memorable all the same. Also, there was his work in UHF which showed his comedic side.

 

[Spindrift]

Kevin McCarthy was a really good character actor, one of those, "I know I've seen him before, but I can't place the name, guys". His IMDb lists over 200 credits.

I just watched a movie over the weekend called Hotel and he was great as a hotel mogul.